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AI Model Cost and Token Usage Analysis

@ArtificialAnlysX · Apr 30, 2026

AI Model Cost and Token Usage Analysis

@ArtificialAnlys's benchmark bar chart drew 48.5K views on X: 4.2x @artificialanlys's median post and #543 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 12, 2026.

Cost and token usage comparison for AI models

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@ArtificialAnlys: AI Model Cost and Token Usage Analysis — Published by @ArtificialAnlys on X, Apr 30, 2026. Source: x.com

43/ 100

ViralChart score

Wide but thin

More views than the median post but a lower engagement rate: many saw it, few acted. Common for big accounts.

#723 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #210 of 491 @artificialanlys posts. Score = views 40%, likes 30%, engagement rate 15%, save rate 15%, each as a percentile of every AI chart post we hold.

Our read

Wide but thin: views above median, engagement below it, score #723 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

This post drew 48.5K views, 4.2x the company median of 11.4K, ranking #148 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts.

On launch day, it ranked #3 of 8 posts from @ArtificialAnlys, with 8 posts that day.

Its save rate of 0.033% sits at the 17th percentile, 0.43x the AI median of 0.076%.

8posts from @artificialanlys that day

Part of a run of 8 posts on Apr 30, 2026. This one was #3 of 8 by views that day.

4.2x@artificialanlys's median post

48.5K views, where @artificialanlys's typical post gets 11.4K.

bottom 17%save rate

0.033% of viewers bookmarked it to come back to. The median post gets 0.076%.

bottom 33%engagement rate

0.55% of viewers liked, reposted, quoted or replied. The median post gets 0.73%.

Public X numbers from our read on Oct 12, 2026. Peers: 1,162 AI chart posts we hold and 491 from @artificialanlys.

Where it sits

Reach against resonance

Each dot is a post. Right is more views, up is a higher engagement rate. The lines are the medians, so the four corners are the four kinds of post.

Among 1,162 AI chart posts we hold

Score #723 of 1,162

Views	48.5K	#543	top 47%
Likes	245	#611	bottom 47%
Engagement rate	0.55%	#776	bottom 33%
Save rate	0.033%	#970	bottom 17%

Among 491 @artificialanlys posts

Score #210 of 491

Views	48.5K	#148	top 30%
Likes	245	#175	top 36%
Engagement rate	0.55%	#363	bottom 26%
Save rate	0.033%	#397	bottom 19%

Growth

One read so far

Views48.5K

Age at our read165 days

Views per day of life294views divided by days since it was posted

Dots are our reads. The dotted line from the day it was posted to our first read is a gap, not data.

@artificialanlys's posts over time

Every post from this account we hold, by date and views. This one is marked; the line is the running median of the last 10.

News · Apr 30, 2026

@ArtificialAnlys AI cost chart draws 48.5K views, thin saves

A benchmark bar chart on AI model cost and token usage, posted April 30, 2026.

What happened

@ArtificialAnlys posted a benchmark bar chart on AI model cost and token usage on April 30, 2026. It was 1 of 8 posts that day, with 7 other posts.

The numbers

48.5K views, 245 likes, 0.55% engagement rate, 0.033% save rate, 294 views per day, score 43, #723 of 1,162 AI chart posts, #210 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts.

The lesson

Readers saved this benchmark bar chart at 0.43x the AI median save rate: a wide reach does not carry into bookmarks.

What it means

At #970 of 1,162 AI chart posts for saves, this post's bookmark performance lags its view rank of #543, showing a gap between reach and retention.

Written by ViralChart from public numbers read on Oct 12, 2026. Every number is checked against our data before it is shown.

Updates: what @artificialanlys posted next

Data and API

46 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 30%

Series	Group	Value	Read
Reasoning Tokens	o1 (high)	230 M	estimated
Answer Tokens	o1 (high)	10 M	estimated
Reasoning Tokens	o1	200 M	estimated
Answer Tokens	o1	10 M	estimated
Reasoning Tokens	o3 (high)	190 M	estimated
Answer Tokens	o3 (high)	10 M	estimated
Reasoning Tokens	o3	170 M	estimated
Answer Tokens	o3	10 M	estimated
Reasoning Tokens	o4-mini (high)	120 M	estimated
Answer Tokens	o4-mini (high)	10 M	estimated
Reasoning Tokens	o4-mini	110 M	estimated
Answer Tokens	o4-mini	10 M	estimated

Showing 12 of 46. All points, the redraw and the maker

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/5bffee3d27e8.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/5bffee3d27e8.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/5bffee3d27e8.skill.md

Make one like this Open the post JSON Chart data JSON Skill file API docs

Static files in this prototype. The post JSON holds the public numbers, ranks, score, quadrant, our reads and, when checked, our copy.

API · Max

Use this chart via API

On the Max plan you can pull this chart's numbers with the provenance of each one, as JSON or CSV, with its redraw spec, or call it from an agent over MCP. Chart id 5bffee3d27e8.

Approximate values. Our two readings of this chart agreed only in part (confidence 0.30 of 1), so check the original before you quote a number. The API marks it lowConfidence, and ?min_confidence=0.5 leaves it out.

See the Max plan API docs

	Path	Returns	Plan
GET	`/api/v1/charts/5bffee3d27e8`	Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link	Open
GET	`/api/v1/charts/5bffee3d27e8/data`	Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV	Max
GET	`/api/v1/charts/5bffee3d27e8/render?view=1`	The draw-only view this page uses	Open
POST	`/mcp`	Tool get_chart_data with this id, for Claude, Cursor and other agents	Max

curlMax

curl -s https://viral-chart.com/api/v1/charts/5bffee3d27e8/data \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"

Claude CodeMax

claude mcp add --transport http viralchart https://viral-chart.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"

60 requests a minute per key; over that you get 429 with Retry-After. Up to 5 keys per account, made on your account page and shown once. Without Max, the data route answers 402 with a link to the plans. The numbers describe a chart its publisher owns, and every file carries a license note.